Scale-beam indicating weight



(No Model.)

W. G. MOLAUGHLIN. SCALE BEAM INDIGATING WEIGHT, PRIUE, OR NUMBER OF BUSHELS IN A QUANTITY OF GRAIN. No. 405.370. Patented June 18, 1889.

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\VILLIAM GILLMAN MCLAUGHLIN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

SCALE-BEAM INDICATING WEIGHT, PRICE, OR NUMBER OF BUSHELS IN A QUANTITY OF GRAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,370, dated June 18, 1889.

Application filed January 14, 1887. Serial No. 224,338. (No model.)

T 60 1071/0771, it may concern.- be paid for the given article, as indicated by Be it known that I, WILLIAM GILLMAN the figures on the lower side of the bar, which MOLAUGHLIN, a citizen of the United States, numbers increase from the inner to the outer 5 residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene end thereof. WVeight E has a groove 6 to fit 5 and State of Missouri, have invented certain over the upper edge of the bar 0 for sliding new and useful Improvements in WVeighing back and forth on the same. This weight has and Price Scale-Beams; and I do hereby dean index 6 on its end, which is to be placed clare the following to be a full, clear, and exat any desired number 011 the upper edge of act description of the invention, such as will the bar for indicating the price per pound of IO enable others skilled in the art to which it an article. The numbers on the upper edge appertains to make and use the same. of the bar C increase from its outer to its in- My invention relates to an improved ready ner end, or opposite to those on the lower edge. reckoning or graduating scale-beam, the ob- F is a weight having screw-threads to reject of which is to provide a cheap, simple, ceive a rod G, which is placed on the opposite 15 and convenient device for quickly and accuside of the scale-beam fulcrum to the bar 0, rately determining the amount of any article so that when the weights E D are placed at for a given sum of money at any desired price the end of the bar G nearest the fulcrum they per pound, or the number of bushels conwill be balanced. 7 tained in a quantity of material at any de- The attachments c c are secured to the 20 sired number of pounds per bushel. These scale-beam B, so that the ordinary weight of objects I attain by means of the device illusthe scale may move freely on the beam for trated in the accompanying drawings, whereweighing purposes generally. By placing the index of the weight E at the 7 5 Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the price per pound of a given article and the in- 2 5 improvement applied to an ordinary scaledex on weight D at the total price to be paid beam. Fig. 2 is a detail View of a detached the correct amount and sum may be acquired. bar with the weights, and Fig. 3 is a detail of Bar 0 may be divided, so that each weight the balance-piece detached. will be on a separate bar, one divided at the The same letters of reference indicate the top and the other at the bottom.

30 same or corresponding parts in the several Rod G is provided with arms 9 g which views. have hooks g g for detachably securing the A represents an ordinary weighing-scale, B same back of the fulcrum of the scale-beam. the beam of the same, and O a bar or frame Arms 0 c are provided with spring-clasps attached by any suitable means to the scalefor detachably securing the bar 0 to the scale- 3 5 beam,paralle1 therewith. It is, however, prefbeam, so that the device may be quickly reerably secured to the frame by means of arms moved, if desired.

0 c and is provided with suitable weights D The bar 0 may have a graduated scale both E. This bar 0 is divided at its upper and at its upper and lower edge in the front side, lower edge into a number of divisions or so that the index of the weight E may be placed 0 scales, those on the upper edge indicating the at the number of pounds per bushel of any price per pound of a given article in cents and given article, and by moving the index of the fractions thereof, while those on the lower weight D to a point when the scale will baledge indicate dollars and fractions thereof to ance the total number of bushels onthe ag- 5 represent the aggregate amount of money to gregate will be shown.

45 be paid for the given article at the price per The weight of the article for containing the pound indicated by the upper weight, which material may be determined by balancing the is placed, with the index 6 at the price per scale with it on before determining the total pound desired. Said bar 0 is provided at its amount of the article.

lower edge with a suitable tongue or rounded The scale -beam may be differently num- 5c. edge 0 to enter a groove din the lower weight bered on different sides of the bar 0, for weigh- D to support the same. WVeightD has an ining on different places on the scale. dex d which is placed at the total amount to By the arrangement of the bar 0 so that the Weight on the scale-beam may be freely moved thereon, and placingthe balance or counterpoise G- in the position back of the fulcrum, the scales may be used for the ordinary purpose of weighing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ise In a scale, the combination of the beam 1 the removable bar 0, having the arms 0 e on its side and denotbig-characters on its face,

the Weights E and D on the upper and lower edge of the bar 0, respectively, and a rod G, having Weight 1+ thereon and oppositely-alt verging arms on its inner end, substantially as described.

I11 testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM Gl [ILMAN MulnlUGlllilN. Witnesses:

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